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01-03-2013, 01:14 PM
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Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
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01-03-2013, 02:03 PM
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Re: Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
I hope the Reds sign him!
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01-03-2013, 04:25 PM
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Stat Wanker Hodiernus
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Re: Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
One of the most underrated pitchers of this generation. Top 5 pitchers in fWAR in the 00's:
1. Randy Johnson, 55.7 2. Roy Halladay, 53.8 3. Javier Vazquez, 49.2 4. Pedro Martinez, 47.8 5. Curt Schilling, 45.6 And since that obviously is a "biased" selection of years around his career, if you look at since 1990, he's 15th. Interestingly, he's next to a guy who could be thought of as the Javier Vazquez of the 1990's, Kevin Appier.
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01-03-2013, 05:45 PM
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Re: Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
We were supposed to land him in the Great Contraction Draft in the early 2000s. Whatever happened to that?
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01-03-2013, 07:54 PM
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01-04-2013, 01:03 PM
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So Long Uncle Joe
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Re: Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
I was always waiting for his arm to blow up but it never did. He had like 550 innings from years 21-24. The Expos rode him hard as a youngster.
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01-05-2013, 01:58 PM
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We Need Our Myths
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Re: Javier Vazquez mulling comeback
Vasquez is reportedly sitting in the low 90s and touching 94 in recent days. So perhaps the guy still has something in the tank.
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